Recruitment Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention Discussion​

-	Player	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
1	Bunty Afoa	✔
2	Tom Ale	✔
3	Mitchell Barnett	✔	✔	✔
4	Rocco Berry	✔	✔
5	Tanah Boyd	✔	✔
6	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔
7	Erin Clark	✔	✔	✔
8	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
9	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
11	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔
12	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
13	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
14	Edward Kosi	✔
15	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
16	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
17	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
20	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
21	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
22	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
23	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
24	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
25	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
26	Dylan Walker	✔
27	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Faitialofa	S
S2	Kalani Going	S
S3	Luke Hanson	S
S4	Sio Kali	S
S5	Patrick Moimoi	S
S6	Tanner Stowers-Smith	S
-	Kahu Capper	T	T
-	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
-	Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	T
-	Motu Pasikala	T

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 27/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6
Unconfirmed Top 30 2025: 27/30
Unconfirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 21/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Dylan Walker

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[Mr. Brownstone]

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck unleashing on Tigers | Warriors

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's big night out in One New Zealand Warriors' win over Wests Tigers.

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Since the argument is about Kosi vs Roger, please give me 2 examples of Kosi doing x-factor stuff in 2024

I’ll get back to you on that, something important suddenly came up at work…

 

[Matiunz]

This is just evidence for why he's more valuable than Kosi on the wing, in a debate brought up by another poster claiming Kosi > RTS

Oh he’s 100% a better option than Kosi, it’s just some seem to think Roger is the same player he was before he went to Union- sadly this season he was well off the pace

 

[CWC]

Cool that was a good run (only roughly 15m net gain and stepping a stationery forward) but he did not have a good season by any stretch of the imagination. Hopefully he’s never used at Center again but judging on when he went to wing for Walsh I’m not sure that’s his best spot either and it’s a log jam at fullback

At 6:00 mark was that game where he played wing for Walsh...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsJg5TDi05w&t=27s

I agree he shouldn't be centre again, I'm just arguing I'd rather have him than Kosi out of the 2, that was the whole original debate lol

 

[Noitall]

Luke Metcalf Try

Luke Metcalf Try

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I think with how RTS has the ability to dance and stay on his feet, it gives the potential for a defensive line to break like how it does with DWZ to Metcalf here. Then put Tuaupiki at fullback to add that turn of pace like Metcalf does here

 

[CWC]

Luke Metcalf Try

Luke Metcalf Try

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I think with how RTS has the ability to dance and stay on his feet, it gives the potential for a defensive line to break like how it does with DWZ to Metcalf here. Then put Tuaupiki at fullback to add that turn of pace like Metcalf does here

In the very first game RTS troubled the defenders then offloaded, while Luke was looking the other way and dropped the ball lol, hopefully they figure it out, we have Metcalf/Ali/RTS/Capewah/maybe Taine on that edge, lots of options

 

[Inruin]

I agree he shouldn't be centre again, I'm just arguing I'd rather have him than Kosi out of the 2, that was the whole original debate lol

This was actually a debate?

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Boyd's an excellent buy as a back up 6 and 7, terrible buy as a marquee starting 7, depending on which way you look at it

He’s not a marquee signing though..?

 

[Ever Hopeful]

This is just evidence for why he's more valuable than Kosi on the wing, in a debate brought up by another poster claiming Kosi > RTS

Ah right. I hadn't read the original debate.

The debate for him or Kosi probably depends on who else we could get for the extra 3-400k he costs.

 

[JaggedJ]

This was actually a debate?

That's the off season for ya.

CHT vs CNK - the next great lock debate.

Kosi vs RTS - Is the propwing more effective than the crabwing in 2025?

Tuaupiki - Do people really believe he has a chance at starting fullback in 2025?

Tanah Boyd - Has Webby actually taken a perternity test?

Tune in next week for JFH - keep him at prop or is he the hooker we've all been waiting for?

 

[Ever Hopeful]

That's the off season for ya.

CHT vs CNK - the next great lock debate.

Kosi vs RTS - Is the propwing more effective than the crabwing in 2025?

Tuaupiki - Do people really believe he has a chance at starting fullback in 2025?

Tanah Boyd - Has Webby actually taken a perternity test?

Tune in next week for JFH - keep him at prop or is he the hooker we've all been waiting for?

You missed Pompey to second row

 

[The Warrior Waka]

For sure, very fast for a prop. Judging by NSW cup appearances he's probably still behind other props Durbin and Tuipulotu-Vea who are two years younger.

Remember most people just see the couple highlights of him breaking away 3/4 length of the field rather than watching the full game.

Holy Hecka!!! I was today years old when i realised after all this time Toby Crosby & Harry Durbin are two different players!!!??? Two totally different names. But for some reason I thought it was the same person. Not sure why. Being an old cunt sucks shit.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

That's the off season for ya.

CHT vs CNK - the next great lock debate.

Kosi vs RTS - Is the propwing more effective than the crabwing in 2025?

Tuaupiki - Do people really believe he has a chance at starting fullback in 2025?

Tanah Boyd - Has Webby actually taken a perternity test?

Tune in next week for JFH - keep him at prop or is he the hooker we've all been waiting for?

We are in for one long season!

 

[Fizurg]

That's the off season for ya.

CHT vs CNK - the next great lock debate.

Kosi vs RTS - Is the propwing more effective than the crabwing in 2025?

Tuaupiki - Do people really believe he has a chance at starting fullback in 2025?

Tanah Boyd - Has Webby actually taken a perternity test?

Tune in next week for JFH - keep him at prop or is he the hooker we've all been waiting for?

I’ve been amazed at how realistic people have been this off season. I took a break from it for a while but in the past There was always posts about how the team needs to sign either completely unrealistic players or players that simply don’t exist. “We need a big bopper” etc.

 

[Worried2Death]

I’ve been amazed at how realistic people have been this off season. I took a break from it for a while but in the past There was always posts about how the team needs to sign either completely unrealistic players or players that simply don’t exist. “We need a big bopper” etc.

Still think we need Hughes to be any serious chance. But Santa brought us Tanah Boyd. Better than a lump of coal (I hope).

 

[Fizurg]

Still think we need Hughes to be any serious chance. But Santa brought us Tannah Boyd. Better than a lump of coal (I hope).

Well I guess that just means I’m probably the one who’s gotten less realistic over time. I still hold a slim belief that he could actually be possible.

 

[CWC]

Weird we got more conservative after signing JFH

Remember the day?

 

[Leon Black]

Anyone spruiking Kosi over any winger from Harold Mats up, needs to check into SpecSavers. More accident prone than Frank Spencer…

 

[Dannevegas]

Toby Crosby has to be one of the most athletic specimens I’ve ever seen.
Strict over head shoulder presses at 100kg for easy reps, and runs an 11 sec 100 metre and is a prop…

I know he’s new to league, but I don’t think we can afford to be patient with him he’s 21, and he’ll be highly sort after. Give him a top 30

 

[Five&Last]

Strict over head shoulder presses at 100kg for easy reps, and runs an 11 sec 100 metre and is a prop…

Yeah sorry I'm not buying that 100m time whatsoever.

 

[Dannevegas]

Yeah sorry I'm not buying that 100m time whatsoever.

11 something he said it himself